{"id":3044,"date":"2010-01-22T22:32:55","date_gmt":"2010-01-23T05:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismancafe.com\/blogs\/?p=3044"},"modified":"2017-04-17T09:29:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T14:29:00","slug":"aw-restaurantlong-john-silvers-changing-formats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/3044\/aw-restaurantlong-john-silvers-changing-formats","title":{"rendered":"A&W Restaurant\/Long John Silvers Changing Formats"},"content":{"rendered":"

The A&W\/Long John Silver’s hybrid restaurant located at the corner of Front Avenue & 3rd Street will soon be changing formats. The restaurant has been up for sale for several months now, after it was reported that the franchisers no longer wished to maintain a location in Bismarck. The last day in its current format will be tomorrow, at which time the restaurant will be remodeled to reopen in a few weeks as “Reza’s Pitch” – named after a Soccer term.<\/p>\n

Reza’s\u00a0Pitch will be a casual dining restaurant featuring such menu items as burgers and fries. The restaurant will also begin serving beer. It is unclear if the restaurant will still feature drive-through service.<\/p>\n

The A&W\/Long John Silver’s restaurant had opened in 1997. It was designed to mimmick the classic A&W Drive-ins, complete with carhops. Although the carports still remain, they have not been used for some time, replaced with a standard drive-through window.<\/p>\n

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Former A&W Drive-in on Memorial Highway<\/p><\/div>\n

This is not the first time A&W has left the region. A location had existed for many years on Memorial Highway across from what was then known as the Holiday Inn<\/a>, near the entrance to the Liberty Memorial Bridge<\/a>. That location closed sometime in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n

There were several later attempts to return the name to Bismarck prior to its location on Front Avenue, including a small concession stand at Kirkwood Mall<\/a> and a location at Cenex on Divide, which had featured drive-through service.<\/p>\n

In 2007, a second location was constructed on State Street<\/a>;\u00a0however, after reportedly being unable to find employees, the building soon became home to Wendy’s.<\/p>\n

After rebranding, the closest A&W Restaurants will be located in Minot and Dickinson, and the closest Long John Silver’s locations in Fargo and Aberdeen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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